New American Standard Bible 2020
2 Kings 25:6
6Then 1they captured the king and 2brought him up to the king of Babylon at 3Riblah, and he 4passed sentence on him.
2 Kings 25:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him.
- New International Version (NIV)and he was captured. He was taken to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where sentence was pronounced on him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they passed sentence on him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment on him.
Context of 2 Kings 25:6
4Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls that were beside the king’s garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. 5But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him. 7And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon. 8Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguards, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
Read all of 2 Kings 252 Kings 25:6 word by word
וַֽיִּתְפְּשׂוּ֙ אֶת־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וַיַּעֲל֥וּ אֹת֛וֹ אֶל־מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל רִבְלָ֑תָה וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ אִתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for 2 Kings 25:6
- 2 Chronicles 33:11Therefore the Lord brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains, and led him to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 21:7Then afterward,” declares the Lord, “I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, that is, those who survive in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to their enemies, and to those who seek their lives; and he will strike and kill them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’
- Jeremiah 34:21Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will also hand over to their enemies and to those who seek their lives, and to the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.
- Jeremiah 38:23They are also going to bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.’”
- Lamentations 4:19Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 17:20And I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me.
- Ezekiel 21:25And you, slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end,’
- 2 Kings 23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
- Jeremiah 52:9Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 25:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6To Riblah - See 2 Kings 23:33 note. A position from where Nebuchadnezzar could most conveniently superintend the operations against Tyre and Jerusalem. In the absence of the monarch, the siege of Jerusalem was conducted by a number of his officers, the chief of whom were Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard, and Nergal-shar-ezer (Neriglissar), the Rab-mag Jeremiah 39:3, Jeremiah 39:13.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Riblah, once an Assyrian administrative center, was Nebuchadnezzar’s battle headquarters. It also served the Egyptians (2 Kings 23:33).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. they took the king, and brought him ... to Riblah--Nebuchadnezzar, having gone from the siege to oppose the auxiliary forces of Pharaoh-hophra, left his generals to carry on the blockade, he himself not returning to the scene of action, but taking up his station at Riblah in the land of Hamath (2Ki 23:33). they gave judgment upon him--They, that is, the council (Jr 39:3, 13; Da 6:7, 8, 12), regarding him as a seditious and rebellious vassal…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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